then it has to get through the house, and speaker john boehner is saying in addition to dealing with unemployment benefits he wants to see more jobs plans so there's not as many people suffering from long-term up employment, and meanwhile the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, says all of this need to help people on long-term unemployment suggests the president's previous economic policies have failed. >> record numbers of long-term unemployed. record numbers on food stamps. people losing their healthcare plans. others seeing the premiums shoot up when they can least afford it. and now, another call, one more call, for a government fix. >> senator mcconnell reached into his campaign playbook and tried to add an amendment that would delay the individual mandate on the healthcare law by a year. that was pushed aside by harry reid. >> new year but the same old stuff. i. >> that's right. same argument, same playbook on both sides. >> happy new year, ed, who confirmed it's cold there at the white house. workers in one part of the country say it's so cold outside they're working ov